1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 372 F.Supp.
  5. 372 F.Supp. 921 (1974)
 

RICHARDSON v. UNITED STATES

No. C-51806 OJC.

372 F.Supp. 921 (1974)

Lorna C. RICHARDSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

January 3, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Adrian Palmquist by Daniel L. Mitchell, Alameda, Cal., for plaintiffs Lorna C. Richardson, Edward G. Richardson, Mrs. Lowell H. Ruff and Lorna C. Richardson as Executrix of the Estate of Marshall G. Richardson.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold by George E. Sayre, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff Newark Ins. Co.

Dept. of Justice, by George E. Farrell, Deputy Chief, Civ. Div., Tort Section, Washington, D. C., and James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., by James A. Bruen, Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM FOR JUDGMENT

OLIVER J. CARTER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs have brought a civil action against the United States wherein they allege that Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) tower personnel at San Francisco International Airport negligently failed to provide pilot Marshall G. Richardson with an adequate and timely warning regarding an aeronautical phenomenon known as "wake turbulence" or "wing tip vortices." Richardson was on final approach to the airport...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases